Small food producers to get funding from EU

THE EU will provide small food producers in Ireland with funding to help them meet new food safety standards, EU commissioner David Byrne disclosed yesterday.

Mr Byrne, the commissioner for health and consumer protection, said reforms to the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) agreed earlier this year would provide significant support to small food producers.

This support would be in return for adopting higher standards concerning the environment, public health, animal health and animal welfare.